Nathan Yau

A comic on spotting misinformation

Infographics / comic, Connie Jin, coronavirus, misinformation, NPR

There’s a lot of misinformation passing through the internets right now. A lot.…
Racial Divide

Data Underload / race, segregation

It’s hard to think of much else. These maps show the racial divide between black and white people in major cities.
Guides for Visualizing Reality

Design / guide

We like to complain about how data is messy, not in the right format, and how parts don’t make sense. Reality is complicated though.
Impact on Households in the United States

Data Underload / Census Bureau, coronavirus, Pulse, states

The Census Bureau has been running the Household Pulse Survey since April 23, 2020 to get some gauge for how the pandemic is changing things at home. Here’s how things look so far.
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Visualization Tools and Resources – May 2020 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Every month I collect useful visualization tools and resources to make better charts. Here’s the good stuff for May.
What the federal government has been buying and where from

Data Sources / coronavirus, procurement, ProPublica

The Federal Procurement Data System tracks federal contracts of $10,000 or more. For…
54 ways coronavirus changed the world

Infographics / coronavirus, Larry Buchanan, New York Times

The coronavirus has changed everything. Larry Buchanan, for The New York Times, goes…
Map shows increasing confirmed cases in rural areas

Maps / coronavirus, Tim Meko, Washington Post

This map by Tim Meko for The Washington Post uses time series lines…
Anatomy of an outbreak

Network Visualization / coronavirus, outbreak, Reuters, Singapore

For Reuters, Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr animated a coronavirus outbreak in Singapore…
Based on poll, a lot of people think Bill Gates is plotting to inject a tracker via coronavirus vaccine?

Statistics / Bill Gates, coronavirus, vaccine, Yahoo, YouGov

A Yahoo News/YouGov poll recently showed this:

Only 40% of American adults are…
An Incalculable Loss

Infographics / coronavirus, deaths, New York Times

The New York Times used their full front page to list 1,000 names…
They Were Us.

Infographics / coronavirus, front page, New York Times

This is The New York Times front page for Sunday, May 24, 2020.…
Moves towards reopening the country

Maps / coronavirus, mobility, reopening, Reuters

Using anonymized cellphone data from SafeGraph, Reade Levinson and Chris Canipe for Reuters…
Bad denominator

Mistaken Data / Atlantic, CDC, coronavirus, denominator, testing

With coronavirus testing, many governments have used the percentage of tests that came…
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Improving the Georgia Cases Chart (The Process 090)

The Process / coronavirus, Georgia

The Georgia Department of Public Health published a questionable chart showing confirmed Covid-19 cases over time. Intentionally misleading or poorly made chart?
Reopening states and how they currently measure up

Maps / arrows, coronavirus, ProPublica, reopening

States are reopening. Some seem ready, and some less so. Lena V. Groeger…
Households that lost income

Maps / Axios, coronavirus, Danielle Alberti, unemployment

This straightforward grid map by Danielle Alberti for Axios shows the percentage of…
Drawing the coronavirus

Design / coronavirus, drawing, Paris Review

What does the coronavirus look like? Rebekah Frumkin for The Paris Review highlights…
Rivers know this

Chart Everything / patience

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”…
Florida data manager fired over transparency of Covid-19 data

Data Sharing / coronavirus, dashboard, Florida, Rebekah Jones

Rebekah Jones, GIS manager for the Florida Department of Health, was fired a…

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